GBS Level 1: Introduction to biodiversity footprint assessment with the GBS À distance

Explore the GBS ecosystem

• Functionning, overview and applications
• Understanding how to tailor the GBS to your organisation
• Process of a biodiversity footprint assessment (BFA)

Mastering the key concepts of the GBS

• Guidelines for assessing biodiversity impacts
• Pressures, metrics, and impact assessment framework

How to conduct a biodiversity footprint assessment (BFA) :

• Defining the perimeters and the boundaries
• Organisation and optimisation of the data collection
• Practical workshop: impacts of activities & data collection

Reading and interpreting the results

• Identifying key lessons and significant impacts.
• Transforming results into levers for action and communication
• Practical workshop: interpreting results

From analysis to biodiversity strategy

• Putting it into perspective with international frameworks
• Regulatory and voluntary alignment
• Defining trajectories and commitments
• Practical workshop: Defining a trajectory

• Get familiar with the appropriate process for conducting a biodiversity footprint assessment (BFA)
• Explore the processes of a BFA: understanding and overseeing the BFA to better support for it
• Understanding the results and knowing how to apply them 
• From analysis to strategic vision: contextualizing a BFA

Training price: €1,600 excluding VAT

Club B4B+ members benefit from a 20% discount on all of our catalogue training courses. Training price for Club members: €1,280 excluding VAT

Funding: 

CDC Biodiversité is Qualiopi certified

What does this mean for you?

✔️ A guarantee of quality: our training courses comply with the rigorous standards of Qualiopi certification, assuring you of serious and professional support.

✔️ Simplified funding: our training courses are eligible for funding through OPCOs and other public schemes, thereby reducing your training costs, or even making them fully covered, depending on your situation. 

Payment conditions:

A single invoice, grouping all training sessions for all participants (if these have been grouped), will be sent after the last day of training.
The invoice must be paid within 30 days.
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• Validation of the module on the fundamentals of biodiversity footprint measurement
• Written comprehension in English
• Access to the Office package

• All our trainers are experts in biodiversity footprint assessment. We address all your inquiries regarding footprint measurement, the GBS tool, the formulation of a biodiversity strategy (objectives, impact reduction trajectories, etc.), and much more, drawing on the unparalleled expertise of CDC Biodiversité.
• All our training modules encompass online educational resources, interactive discussions with our trainers, and practical workshops to implement the concepts studied collaboratively, including case studies, quizzes, role plays, and workshops.
• Sessions are limited to 15 participants to facilitate effective learning.
• Dendreo:  our user-friendly, dedicated training platform provides access to a customized training environment. It facilitates hybrid learning: discover your training resources online, progress at your own pace, and access the administrative documents related to your training courses on the platform. 

• Access to resources on the online training platform (slides; resources library, graphs)
• Content and correction of the workshops

• Validation through a final test on our training platform 
• Participant satisfaction questionnaire (content and facilitation)

Reception arrangements for people with disabilities

Our training courses are available online, at the Caisse des Dépôts facilities in Paris. 

The following measures have been implemented for people with disabilities:

Online traning: 

• Subtitles: To guarantee that content is accessible to everyone, the e-learning platform Rise Up has created a video subtitle feature
• Audio reading of text steps: The platform provides an audio reading feature to complement the text steps, facilitating comprehension for users with reading challenges

Caisse des Dépots: 

• Elevators for individuals with limited mobility
• Vigilance awareness bands
• Visual contrasts are evident on the initial and final steps of the staircase
• Secure waiting areas have been established
• Light flashes for individuals with hearing impairments during a fire evacuation are installed in all restrooms
• Numerous toilets designed for individuals with disabilities have been established
• Fire alarm featuring an audio message alongside evacuation flash sirens